Radiation-hardness studies of high OH- content quartz fibres irradiated with 500 MeV electrons
NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT, vol.490, no.3, pp.444-455, 2002 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Publication Type: Article / Article
- Volume: 490 Issue: 3
- Publication Date: 2002
- Doi Number: 10.1016/s0168-9002(02)01067-7
- Journal Name: NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT
- Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
- Page Numbers: pp.444-455
- Keywords: quartz, optical material, fibre testing and measurement of fibre parameter radiation effects on optical elements, fibres, synthetic and natural, SILICA OPTICAL FIBERS, LUMINESCENCE, ABSORPTION
- Middle East Technical University Affiliated: Yes
Abstract
We investigated the darkening of nine high OH- fibre types irradiated with 500 MeV electrons from the Linac Injector of LEP (LIL) at CERN. The transmission of Xe light was measured in situ in the 350-800 nm range. The induced attenuation at 450 nm is typically 1.52+/-0.15 dB/m for a 100 Mrad absorbed dose. Two-parameter fits for darkening and recovery are presented. After irradiation the tensile strength remains essentially unchanged. For Polymicro quartz core fibres the tensile strength is typically 4.6+/-0.4 GPa. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.